GCU TIMELINE

  • Berlin Blockade

    Berlin Blockade
    Berlin Blockade, was the first extreme crsis during the Cold War, Berlin was split up by The Federal Republic of Germnay, and the German Dempcratic Republic. German capitol of Berlin was to be divded into four like shown in the image.
  • NATO

    NATO
    Bitian, France, United States, Canada, and eight more signed the North Atlantic Treaty to establish peace.
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    The north Korean army invaded south Korea, Stalin planned the invasion. but the UN secturity council was going to back te defense of South Korea.
  • Space Race

    Space Race
    Race between the Soviet Union and the United States, it consisted of efforts of launching artificial statilites, unmanned probes, and human spacelift.
  • Warsaw Pact

    Warsaw Pact
    Invovled 8 total in which the Soviet would be in comand of the armed forces of each 8 invovled.
  • Hungarian Revolution

    Hungarian Revolution
    A revolt against the Government by students who and when one student was shot and died it caued a huge uproar.
  • Suez Crisis

    Suez Crisis
    Military confrontation Egypt vs. Britian, France, and Isreal. But the United States, Soviet union, and the United Nations were getting in the middle forcing Britian, France, and Isreal to withdrawl.
  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Once Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba, he installs the communist Government.
  • Sino-Soviet split

    Sino-Soviet split
    Between Peopl's Republic of China and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. China created its own rival network so they both were fighting for local contorl.
  • Bay of Pigs

    Bay of Pigs
    Military invasion in of Cuba by the CIA, the invading forces were defeated within three days by the armed forces of Cuba.
  • Berlin Crsis

    Berlin Crsis
    Great Britian and France were demanded to pull thier forces out of West Belrin in six months which then caused more problems in Belin like the building of the Berlin Wall.
  • Berlin wall

    Berlin wall
    Constructed by German Democratic Republic that was made to cut of West Berlin from East Germany and East Berlin.
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    The clostest the Cold War got to a nuclear war. Soviets placed missiles in Cuba after US placed missiles in Turkey and Italy
  • China

    China
    China explodes their first atomic bomb, Cuba aided this explosion that was done under dangerous conditions.
  • Gernada

    Gernada
    The US invaded Gernada which was looked at negatively but in the end was the restoration of a new Government.